(4) Hunting on three Sundays each calendar year, as
follows:
(i) One day of Sunday hunting shall be instituted by
the commission during the deer rifle season.
(ii) One day of Sunday hunting shall be instituted
by the commission during the Statewide deer archery
season.
(iii) One day of Sunday hunting as determined by the
commission shall be instituted by the commission.
Authority to hunt on any Sunday instituted by the commission
under this paragraph shall not apply to any person required
to secure a hunting license who attempts to hunt on private
land without obtaining written permission of the landowner,
an agent of the landowner or lessee.
(b.2) Limitation on training dogs on small game.--Beginning
on July 1, 2029, it shall be unlawful to train dogs on private
land on Sunday. This limitation shall not apply to:
(1) National or State forest land.
(2) State game lands.
(3) Private land when the consent of the person in
charge of the private land is first obtained.
(b.3) Limitation on trials for raccoons.--Beginning on July
1, 2029, it shall be lawful to hold trials or meets where dogs
may work on drags or live raccoons at any hour, if permission is
obtained to use privately owned land when the meet or trial is
to be held on Sunday.
(c) Penalties.--A violation of subsections (a) and (b.2) is
a summary offense of the fifth degree.
Section 3. Sections 2314 and 2315 of Title 34 are repealed:
[§ 2314. Trespass on private property while hunting.
(a) General rule.--A person, while engaged in hunting or
furtaking, commits an offense if, knowing that the person is not
licensed or privileged to do so, the person:
(1) enters or remains on any land of another without
authorization to do so, when the land is posted in a manner
prescribed by law or reasonably likely to come to the
person's attention or is fenced or enclosed in a manner
manifestly designed to exclude trespassers; or
(2) enters or remains on any land of another without
authorization and defies an order not to enter or to leave
that has been personally communicated to the person by the
owner of the land or other authorized person.
(b) Applicability.--This section shall not apply to an
unarmed person who enters onto posted property for the sole
purpose of retrieving a hunting dog.
(c) Penalty.--An offense under this section shall be graded
as follows:
(1) A person who violates subsection (a)(1) commits a
summary offense of the third degree.
(2) A person who violates subsection (a)(2) commits a
misdemeanor.
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